Today in church we honored those couples of our number who had been married at least 50 years. Many were married for 60 or more years, longer than I’ve been alive. The sermon part of the gathering talked about commitment and intentional living. All in all it was a great day with much to be pondered and much to be celebrated.
I don’t know if the broken marriage rate (notice I didn’t say divorce rate…but rather broken marriage rate) is any greater now than it has ever been, but one thing I do know...it takes an almost extraordinary amount of commitment and determination to make one work for as long as these marriages have continued.
Commitment. That’s the key in so much of what we do and who we are. Whether marriage, job, child-rearing, or whatever it is, commitment is absolutely vital to the success of the endeavor. And commitment is sometimes hard to come by and even harder to maintain.
Congratulations to all who have learned the secret of commitment in marriage and in life.
1 comment:
The beauty of a good marriage is that it gets better as the years come and go. We'll hit the 55 year mark in July, DV.
WDK
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